I officially began my education career in 2004, but becoming an educator had been my destiny for long before that. During my high school years, I gained a reputation for helping my peers succeed in their math classes. I left for college at the University of California at Santa Cruz knowing that I was going to major in math and minor in education in order to eventually earn a teaching credential. While there, I participated in a math teaching fellowship for two of my four years, a rare occurrence. I ended up earning graduating with honors in the major and college honors and was ready to take the next step.

And then, I spent the next couple years as a video game tester at EA and Nintendo and working odd warehouse jobs.

Just after the start of the millennium, I remembered my destiny and was accepted to Western Washington University’s Master’s in Teaching program at their former Seattle location. At this time, I also dove in and subbed in Edmonds for 8th grade PE, Kindergarten music, and whatever else they would give me on an emergency credential. After graduating in 2004, I joined the staff at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, earned my National Board Certification, taught almost every level of math (except statistics, which is not my favorite), and never thought I would leave.

The effects of the global pandemic caused me to reconsider a number of things in my life and when a position came up at a school that was closer to my home and doing interesting things with math, I jumped at the opportunity to shake things up. I’m pleased to spend my 18th year as an educator at Lincoln and look forward to working with the community to make this place as special as we can.